What is nsctrl.exe?

Part ofNovaBACKUP by NovaStor

How does nsctrl.exe run?

Process - nsctrl.exe is an instance of a running program. This 64-bit program executes with the privileges as the currently logged in user account. nsctrl.exe is executed by the process explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft).

How does nsctrl.exe start?

User start menu folder - The shortcut file nsctrl.lnk is loaded in the user's Startup folder (%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\) that points to the executable nsctrl.exe. The startup folder contains programs that automatically start when Windows starts for the logged in user.

Community

What is the community is seeing?

What is the community is doing?

About 0.2% of all Boost users have the nsctrl.exe process running.

Of the 0.2% of nsctrl.exe users, 12.0% have disabled it.

How resource intensive is nsctrl.exe?

Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.

0.00235% CPU23483.1%

Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.

4.37 MB RAM20.3%

Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.

93 GDI objects62.0%

Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.

2 context switches/sec2.0%

Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.

Typical file (disk image) location:

C:\Program Files\novastor\novastor novabackup\nsctrl.exe

What modules are loaded?

A module is a dynamic link library (DLL) or an executable file that is loaded into the process. Below is a list of non-system modules that are loaded by NovaBACKUP.

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